In this Academy Award-winning film, deteriorating diplomatic relations between the US and Japan lead to the decision to launch a preemptive strike to cripple the US Pacific fleet.
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
Holiday Open House Events
December 13, 2025
Decorations, Holiday Book Fair, Cards for Sailors, Santa and Refreshments
Henry A. Wallace Center
Time: 9am to 5pm ET
There will be music, photo time with Santa from 1pm to 3pm, and holiday card-making for sailors on the USS FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT beginning at noon.
The Holiday Book Fair begins at 1:30pm. Featured authors will be available to sign copies of their books – (available for purchase in the New Deal Store). This year’s authors will include Della Ferreri, Jonathan Hollingsworth, Barbara Ann Mojica, and A.J. Schenkman.
Refreshments in the visitor center will be served throughout the afternoon.
The Home and Library – decorated for holidays – will be free of charge. The Home will be open from 9:30am to 4pm.
Following the onset of the American Revolutionary War, newlyweds Gilbert (Henry Fonda) and Lana Martin (Claudette Colbert) find their quiet life in the Mohawk Valley interrupted as the fighting comes to their doorstep.
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
The boats will be on display -- with full rigging -- in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center, during regular operating hours. Free public event.
What would Bedford Falls be without George Bailey? His guardian angel Clarence is going to show him just how big a difference he’s made in this holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed and directed by Frank Capra.
This event is free to attend but registration is required.
New History Shorts
Got a Minute? Fireside Chats
Now Available
During his time in office, FDR created the Fireside Chat, radio broadcasts he used to talk directly to the American people like a friend. And Americans responded with letters, telegrams, and phone calls.
Signature Moments: Letters from the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Now-July 7, 2026
Location: FDR Presidential Library
From Einstein to Earhart, Oppenheimer to Shirley Temple — an extraordinary cast of characters wrote to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Signature Moments offers a rare look at these personal exchanges, alongside treasures from FDR’s own archive of historic documents and artifacts. Part of the Library’s America250 celebration. Click hereto learn more.
Regular Library and Museum admission applies to view the exhibit.
US War Savings Bond Stamp Album and Folder
Like many Americans, FDR purchased war bonds and stamps during World War II. In 1942, he gave embossed folders containing war bond stamp albums as Christmas gifts.
